, to his credit, he said i just blew it. be it was 7-5 a's, and from there, ryan cook, in the bullpen, did his thing. at one point it was 5-1 texas, but the a's battled back and finish off with 6 and 1/3 scoreless innings. [ crowd noise ] >> [ cheering and applause ] >> ball game! western division! [ cheering and applause ] >> the oakland a's have shocked the baseball world! >> incredibly today was the first time in 162 gameless the a's have been -- games the a's have been in 1st place. the oakland a's, bob melvin, beane, manager and gm respectively, they're moving on as champs! >> it's a great feeling for a team that wasn't supposed to do anything but come in last place. >> it's terrific. it's tough to put words on it. i'm going to celebrate with my teammates. [ laughter ] [ cheering and applause ] [ crowd noise ] >> what these guys did, everybody thought that was the road trip that was going to do them. >> and beane becomes first man to ever be pied following a game. there you go. the a's moving onto detroit. >>> the big story today, miguel cabrera, the first man to win the triple crown